Project: A new ice cream parlor, Cold Stone Creamery.
Location: 55 W. 29th Avenue, Eugene.
The Woodfield Station on W. 29th Avenue in Eugene is home to several shops and eateries and plans to welcome the option for more sweet treats later this year with the opening of a Cold Stone Creamery location. No longer will Eugenians have to trek to the nearest location in Corvallis nearly 40 miles away to satiate their Cold Stone cravings.
Cold Stone Creamery has been serving up ice cream scoops, cakes and other frozen treats for over 30 years. The business model now hinges on ice cream made in-house and the addition of iconic “mix-ins” that allow patrons to customize their sweet treats with a number of toppings.
Customers can expect to watch their ice cream mix-ins added on a frozen granite slab — the reason behind the name Cold Stone. Scoopers typically finely dice the toppings like chocolate chips and candy bar pieces before folding them carefully into the ice cream. When given a tip for their service, employees sing. Cold Stone Creamery considers this part of the ‘Entertainment Factor’ of its locations, which the company says is part of how it is “in the business of making people happy.”